Innocent Love Chapter 12: Innocent Life Part 2/2

A/N; Well hello there Blazblue fanfiction fans! Deviljho's Hatred here welcoming you to the actual final chapter of Innocent Love! Now following my last cop out move of splitting the chapter in two this chapter will pick up on where the last one left off. With Ragna being in an uncomfortable situation with Noel's parents. What do they want? Why are they here? What about the other side stories that must reach a solid conclusion in order for everything to be tied up in a neat and tidy bow!? Read now as we approach the the end of this two year long journey we rode together.

Now I am aware I have been gone from the Blazblue fandom for over a year and that a lot has happened in terms of story and new characters but for the sake of canon that I have created here, we're just gonna ignore for the sake of keeping this little continuity, okay? Okay.

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Innocent Love Chapter 12: Innocent Life Part 2/2

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Ragna stared at the guests in his living room for a while longer before turning to his girlfriend again. "Noel why are they here and what did you mean when you said surprise?"

The girl in question kicked an imaginary pebble on the ground and smiled sheepishly. "Well you see Ragna."

"Let me just interrupt for a second." Edgar said as he got up from his seat next to his wife. "You see young Ragna, Noel had nothing to do with this. This visit was something that was planned between myself and my wife. Our darling little girl always talks about how much of a great man you are and we only wanted to see the man who has our little girl so infatuated."

Claire nodded her head as she stood next to her husband. "That's right we only wanted to see if you were treating our darling little girl right and are serious about keeping her happy."

"Well if I've stuck with her for this long I doubt that I'm gonna be leaving her any time soon." the Grim Reaper said straight to the point. "She makes me happy, I somehow make her happy so I don't think I'll ever be taking her for granted."

Noel felt herself slightly swoon at Ragna's words. While he wasn't passionate by any means just knowing he would stick with her was enough to make her beam like the sun. Edgar gave a hearty laugh as he patted the young man on the back. "Ah excellent my good man so when can we plan the wedding?"

The sheer lack of tact in addition with the lack of build up to such an escalation in the conversation but Ragna and Noel stare blankly at the older couple for a few moments to let that notion sink in. And when it did the floodgates opened.

"DAD! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'D SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITHOUT ANY TACT!"

"WHERE THE HELL DID THAT COME FROM!? MARRIAGE OUT OF NOWHERE!?"

The cacophony of yelling that came from the younger couple made the older one smile knowingly. Such a response was what Edgar was expecting from them. "Now, now you two relax it doesn't have to be right away. I'm sure you two will have plenty of time to sort out all the marriage details and registries."

"DAD!" Noel yelled as the redness on her face grew more bright.

He laughed once again as he patted his daughter on the head. "I'm kidding, I'm kidding relax kids. Just an old man teasing his daughter."

Noel grumbled a bit as she turned away from her father while Ragna rolled his eyes at her antics.

"Anyway now that we have you both snared in our parental web why don't we get something to eat and get to know each other some more?"

Noel pouted as she turned back to her father and mother. "Honestly mom and dad, if you wanted to get to know Ragna you could've just asked like a normal parent. Not betray my trust by using the key I gave you to barge into my boyfriend's home unannounced."

Edgar laughed as he patted his adopted daughter's head. "Oh Noel since when have me and Claire ever been normal parents? I mean what kind of normal parent lets a girl keep two dangerous guns she magicked out of nowhere and let her join a military academy for training army personnel?"

"And let's not forget our pet Direwolf Managamar that we domesticated." Claire added in.

"To be fair Manny is a sweetheart." Noel countered before she realized that she was arguing her own point. Sighing with defeat she resigned herself to her parents whims and looked at Ragna. "Come on Ragna, let's do what they want."

"What? Why should we-?" Ragna's mouth was blocked by Noel as she moved in and covered his mouth with her hand.

"Trust me when I say that my parents are very insistent when they want something so let's give them what they want and let them get to know you." She whispered into his ears. "Who knows you might just hit it off with them."

Ragna sighed as well as he resigned with Noel to be subjected to her parent's whims. "Alright…" he semi groaned. "Let's get going."

"Capital! Follow us, we've a lot to talk about!" Edgar cheered as he and his wife left the house with the younger couple in tow. This was certainly going to be a day and a half for the Grim Reaper and the Petit Gunner.

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Loud yelling sounded throughout the halls of Sector Seven that only grew louder as time passed. Kokonoe groaned at her desk as she downed another pain killer tablet for her growing headache. She sometimes wondered what she did in life to deserve all the headaches she got. Experimenting on Tager and saving a dead man? No he should be grateful that he gets to help her out in her scientific endeavors. Rebuilding Lambda as a service Murakumo cyborg? Not that either as it seemed the girl enjoyed being alive. The whole falling out with Litchi and Roy? As if, those two were playing with something they couldn't control. It wasn't her fault that Roy turned into a pile of waste and Litchi became so obsessed to save him. "Note to self, recapture Arakune to resume the tests." she spoke into a recording device. "Things were going good until he decided to break up."

What was she thinking about again? Oh right the screaming and how irritating it was. Kokonoe once again brought up the device to her lips and muttered something about soundproofing her lab walls in the near future. "Ugh! That does it!" Abruptly getting up from her seat the Grimalkin grabbed the voice communicator from her desk and screamed into it. "WOULD WHOEVER IS SCREAMING KINDLY SHUT THE HELL UP!? I HAVE A GODDAMNED MIGRAINE AND YOU ARE NOT HELPING!"

Silence was begot from the scientist's bellow of rage as the screaming stopped as she sighed with relief. Sitting down in her chair once more Kokonoe felt herself relax a bit as she picked up a vial of pink liquid and a beaker filled with and began to slowly tip the vial so that a small drop would drop into the beaker so she could record her observations.

Until a giant pulse shook the entire ground and walls around her.

Surprised she spilled the entire contents of the vial into the beaker causing it to bubble and and turn white as it expanded and broke apart the glass in was contained in. Kokonoe backed away as the amalgamation turned bigger and bigger until it reached the size of a dog… And the shape of a dog… And was actually a dog.

"..."

The newly born creature stared up at the scientist with curiosity as it began to pant excitedly as it looked to the woman for unconditional love and attention. Kokonoe's response however was different than was the dog was expecting. She turned around quickly grabbed a small restraining device so she could study this new form of life without it running away, but this was no ordinary dog. The white dog walked up to Kokonoe's hand that held the device and jumped into it and seemingly vibrated in her hands for a few seconds. She instantly dropped the dog onto the floor after feeling it vibrate but something felt wrong. Looking at her hand she saw that the device from before had utterly vanished after the dog came into contact with it. Bewildered, Kokonoe looked at the dog to get some answers but found herself staring at Man's Best Friend as it phased through the wall as though it was intangible and took the device with him. She had to take a moment to absorb what just happened.

After taking a moment Kokonoe did what any reasonable person would do in her current situation. She walked to a cabinet, grabbed a flask of alcohol and downed the whole thing in less than a minute. The Grimalkin slapped herself a few times in the face to make sure she was full awake and repeated a mantra about forgetting the strange shit. After getting over her dog problem Kokonoe then grabbed a monkey wrench and exited her office to go confront the source of the noise ready to bash some head in. "ALRIGHT WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE!?" she screamed at the top of her lungs as she kicked the door open.

What she found truly dumbfounded her as it was the last thing she was expecting to see in her lifetime. The Mad Dog Azrael and the Yandere Murakumo Nu-13 were both shirtless macking on each other's faces. "Umm… Am I interrupting something?"

The two of them broke apart from their lip lock and stared at the pink haired scientist for a few moments. After this silence passed Azrael was the first to speak up. "Yeah you are, now get lost."

"Yeah Nu and Az private time only!" Nu yelled as she threw a couch cushion at the scientist. Not wanting to be involved in whatever 'this' was, Kokonoe simply backed the hell out of the room and shut it behind her. She let out a gigantic groan as it was becoming more and more clear that this day was out to screw with her. Looking out to the side she saw Lambda humming a soft tune while bringing in a basket of laundry, ones that were fresh bed sheets and covers.

"Hey Lambda! Do you know what the hell is going on in there?"

The retired Murakumo Unit looked at her boss and gave a small smile. "Oh yes, they kicked me out to get some 'alone time' together and let me just say, it's about dang time that man was honest with his feelings. Word of advice, when you see the door is closed don't come in. Made that mistake already."

"... Wait are you implying…?"

"Why do you think I'm washing these sheets? They're like animals."

"Ugh ew!"

The blonde laughed at the beastkin's disgust and made her merry way to continue her chores. Once Kokonoe got her bearings she made her way back to her lab, pulled out a flask of alcohol and paged Tager. "Tager listen. Cancel everything I had to do today and don't say a word about why. I'm dealing with too much shit at the moment to even care right now."

Whatever Tager had to say on the matter was drowned out of the scientist's ears as she just let the world fade around her as the intoxication took over her brain for the moment. Ignorant bliss was better than knowing indecencies.

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"So what is your blood type Ragna?"

"Type B negative."

"Oh that's a rare one! What hobbies do you have?"

"Cooking and bounty hunting mostly."

"A man who can fight as well as prepare a dish. I like it. Do you want to marry my daughter?"

"Yes I- Stop that!"

Noel felt the comforting pats of her mother as she hid her face in her hands in embarrassment. For the past hour now her father was slowly getting to know Ragna, even if it was only a bit at a time. But every time he made some progress the man just had to throw in a question regarding marriage and his devotion to her. This was the last thing she had thought of as a midday activity for the two of them to partake in but given the Vermillion headstrong nature, that thankfully did not rub off on her, she could only ask for Ragna's forgiveness once this was over.

"Alright enough of this, what's got you so edged up about wanting me to marry Noel!?" Ragna decided that it was time to cut the bullcrap and just head straight into the reason. No more dragging this out on his end.

Edgar not minding the rudeness on Ragna's end simply laughed heartly and patted the young man on the back. "Come now Ragna, is it really so strange that I am 'edged up' on wanting to see my darling little Noel happy? She is a fine young woman with her whole life ahead of her and has someone to help to achieve that happiness. I see no better man to be with her than you in all honesty."

"Clearly you haven't seen what I do for a living."

"Ah yes, I'm sure I can't understand the workings of the infamous Grim Reaper." Edgar took a little joy in seeing Ragna spaz out for a moment with the mention of his title. "Relax boy, I know what you're doing and might I say good job giving those bullies at the NOL a good scare. Though perhaps you could go a touch lighter on the fatalities."

"... First Jin's dad now you? I swear it's like all dads just love me or something… Look I'm not saying I'll never marry Noel but give it some time will ya? Pestering me and her about it isn't gonna make it happen faster."

Claire patted her daughter on the back once more before moving to where her husband was. "Well at least we know that marriage isn't out of the question Noel." She took joy at seeing her daughter get all bristled up. "I think Noel has chosen a fantastic young man to be with don't you?"

"The words fantastic and Ragna don't really tend to mix very well ya know?" The reaper grunted in pain as Noel jabbed his ribs slightly with her elbow. "Easy!"

The blonde rolled her eyes at her boyfriend and looked to her parents. "Can we please do something normal please? Like getting something to eat?"

"Very well, I hear there is an amazing restaurant in Orient Town."

Edgar gave a rub to his stomach and smiled. "Well I am certainly in the mood for some chinese food. Let's be off then."

The younger couple inwardly sighed in relief hoping that this would grant them the respite from Edgar's constant marriage bombardments for a while.

"By the way Ragna, if you marry Noel soon how soon can you give me and my wife grandchildren?"

"DAD!"

But then again, it was naive of them to expect anything less from overly excited parents.

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"Geez Carl can I open my eyes yet?"

"In a second Makoto… and now you can."

Let Makoto be the first to say that she both loved and hated Carl's height at times. Most of the time his small stature allowed her to cuddle and snuggle her boyfriend to her heart's content and just enjoy being the taller one in the relationship. However in this case, being blindfolded by said boyfriend's hands in an awkward walking angle of her having to crouch down and be guided along by him which probably made her look like a fool. But if Carl had something to show him then knowing him it was probably something pretty worth it in the end.

And boy was this a sight to behold.

She didn't know how he did it for how far they walked to get here but currently the couple were standing on a hill overlooking the majority of Downtown Kagutsuchi with the sun setting against the buildings which gave them all a beautiful glow.

"Surprised?" Carl didn't even need to look at Makoto to know that her mouth was most likely wide open at the view. "This is a spot that I found a year back while tracking the Grimore. Ada really liked this view at sunset or at night when all the lights would come on. She said it looked like a sea of stars."

"This is amazing! Look, you can see Litchi's clinic from here. Wonder what she and Bang are up to?"

"We could go and check up on them but I'd like to ask you a quick question first. It's only six words but I hope you can answer it effectively."

This got the beastkin's attention almost immediately. Carl was never one to announce a question what with him being a rather straight shooting person. So it piqued Makoto's curiosity seeing that her boyfriend was currently when she saw him digging through his coat pockets looking for something. "Uh Carl, are you alright?"

"Never better Makoto, now where did I put it… Ah! Found it." Carl placed the item in his sleeve without his girlfriend seeing what he snuck in there which made the beastkin raise her eyebrow in suspicion. Last thing she would want is something unexpected to happen like that Arakune situation.

But any thoughts or suspicions of devious acts came to an utter grinding halt with the young Clover pulling out a small black velvet box.

"Makoto Nanaya. I've known you since my childhood at the academy in Torifune and held a deep love for you ever since then. Your pure beauty, caring heart and self confidence in your strength to protect others is what I utterly adore about you in every way. I know currently I may not be the strongest man or the tallest or the most confident in the world but for some reason you chose me out of everyone in the world. And that has changed not only my life, but the life of my sis who is happier than she's ever been. So with all that you've given me, this will signify all that I can give to you and so much more."

He opened the box that held a sterling golden ring with a small ruby embedded in the middle.

"Makoto Nanaya, will you marry me?"

She wanted to respond with a million screams of 'yes!' while hugging the life out of him but couldn't find the ability to. Her whole body had been frozen stiff ever since he brought out the box and had still yet to regain control of her facilities. Could anyone blame her though considering that her young boyfriend on the cusp of adulthood just proposed to her out of the blue in a romantic setting?

The stillness and shock still present in Makoto's eyes worried Carl as he began to snap his fingers in front of her face to snap her out of her daze. "Hello? Is something wrong? Was it too soon?" Panic soon found its way into his heart with him putting his box away into his pocket and slowly moving away from his girlfriend. "Oh no, I said it too soon! Oh god I screwed it up! Just forget I said anything Makoto!"

Seeing Carl attempt to retreat from his proposal jumpstarted Makoto's motor functions once again as she quickly pounced onto him before he could escape. He fumbled and squirmed under her weight, trying to get away from his embarrassment at his stupid idea but Makoto was having none of it. She reached deep into his pocket and pulled out the box which ceased his struggling and focused his attention on the fact of her slipping the ring on with tears running down her face.

"Yes Carl Clover! I'd love nothing more than to be your bride!"

Like his girlfriend moments ago, Carl lost the ability to think or act for a while. Makoto sensed this due to his stiff feeling body and just held him close.

There was little to nothing that needed to be said in this moment. Both of these young lovers knew what was on each others mind and needed not to vocalize anything to affirm it. Just holding each other was enough as the sun set upon them, the soft orange glow of the sun silhouetting their figure on the hillside.

This was a memory that both Carl Clover and Makoto Nanaya would take to their graves as one of their happiest memories.

Once the two of them decided it was high time to get off the ever growing cold earth they made their way back into town to Carl's abode to announce the fantastic news to Ada. The blonde boy was so elated with joy he was nearly bursting at the seems to tell his sister that he finally proposed to his childhood sweetheart. But upon looking in her room and seeing it not only void of any personal belongings and the lack of her presence sent another fit of panic down the younger Clover child. Though it took some doing, the squirrel beastkin managed to calm her fiance down enough to begin looking around for anything that could be connected with her disappearance. Upon looking, the duo found a letter addressed to Carl hanging on the refrigerator. From the handwriting it was clear to see that this letter was from Ada written to her brother.

'Dear Carl,

I can imagine you are quite distraught right now with my lack of being there right now. Worry not, as I am in the safe company of Hakumen at the moment. He is diligently watching over me much like I did for you not so long ago. Now the reason for my belongings being vacant as well as my absence is that I have decided to go tour the vast world around us with my beloved. I know this will upset you that I didn't tell you this face to face but I will tell you this, you are currently building a wonderful life with Makoto. You may not see it as such but my constant being here would only cause your relationship to progress slower and I refuse to hinder my beloved brother's relationship in any way. Do not cry to despair Carl, I will return when I have concluded my trip and I am guarded by one of the most power beings in history. My safety will never be in question my brother.

Farewell for now. I wish you and Makoto all the happiness in the world. I hope you can forgive your selfish sister for her actions when I return.

With heartfelt love, Ada Clover.'

After he finished reading the note, Carl held it close to his chest as tears began to fall from his face. He couldn't even see his sister off to a journey she longed for ever since her youth. Pain scratched at his heart as the letter began to get crumpled under the force of his hands tightening. However that pressure was elevated from him as Makoto held him in her arms to calm his tears.

"Shush Carl, it's okay… She might be gone for now but she's always be safe with Hakumen. The last thing she would want to see is you so sad at her departure. Chin up for me and for her, you want to make her proud don't you?"

Once he found the strength to cease his tears and wipe them away from his face, the blonde youth returned the embrace as deep as he could. "... Thank you Makoto… You're… you're absolutely right. Ada would want to see me looking so forlorn about chasing her dream. I know we'll see her again soon enough and if Hakumen so much as lets a single scratch come upon her, my wrath on him will make the Black Beast blush."

With a ruffle of his hair, the beastkin lifted Carl onto her shoulders and gave him a devious smile. "Well now that you have your cheer back we have to let everyone know that we're getting hitched!"

"W-Wait, right now? Can't it wait til tomorrow?"

"Nope, the bride to be will have her way! Now onwards we go little Carl! I want to announce to the entire city that I am going to be the next proud and beautiful Mrs. Makoto Nanaya Clover!"

A surprised yelp was the only complaint to come from Carl's mouth as with breakneck speed did Makoto begin the travel all around Kagutsuchi to tell everyone and anyone who would listen, friend or not, that she was going to wed Carl Clover. This wave of excitement extended to even screaming into her phone at her outside Kagutsuchi friends about her nuptials which caused a huge uproar upon itself with the girls hyping up the date of it all and who was going to be the maid of honor.

When they first fell in love with each other, neither Carl nor Makoto could say for sure that this is where they would end up when they finally got together. That a whole journey of reunion and grand new opportunities would end up with a long awaited marriage ceremony and a lovely home being shared by the two of them. But for them, love never knew any bounds. Be it social class, age, race or even species. Through this long journey, Makoto and all of her friend learned this in every way possible.

In the end, love has a magical way of finding people.

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Innocent Love Chapter 12 Part 2: Innocent Life -END-

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A/N: And there you have it folks, after a whole year of hiatus, lost inspiration and a good slap of motivation brought onto me by our very own KnightSpark. I have finally finished this fic the way I wanted to finish it!

Now I know I cannot even begin to ask for forgiveness for my absence and i will not ask for forgiveness or understanding because at the end of the day, procrastination and laziness is the reason why this fic was delayed for so long. I feel utterly ashamed that I made you all wait for so long for this final chapter and thank you all who ever read, reviewed, favorited or followed me or this fic ever since I started on this sight. My first major fic with over 50,000 views, and 130 reviews and I, from the bottom of my heart thank you all for giving this simple and silly fic the love it got and most certainly didn't deserve. But for those of you who patiently waited for this final chapter all that time ago and are reading this now I have one thing to say to all of you.

I seriously love all of you guys and gals who enjoyed this from beginning to end. No amount of words can convey my joy at seeing so many people enjoy what I write and how I shape my stories.

All of you are my inspiration and muse. From my friends whom inspire me both in real life and on this site, to those who PM'd me to offer thanks, ideas or ways to improve myself, and to those who simply read and thought, 'Man that was pretty good.' You are all the reason why I write and why I aspire to become an author in my own right in the coming future.

This chapter and all the thanks I can offer to you all is my birthday gift from me to all of you who enjoyed this series.

Now that isn't to say I'm done with these characters in the universe I've made for them. Some people have asked me to make a future sequel with the setting I've made and I'm not opposed to the idea. So let me know in the reviews or PM's if you want me to create a sequel fic for Innocent Love and I promise I will not only deliver but never leave you guys hanging again.

With that being said, I hope from the bottom of my heart that you enjoyed this chapter in it's entirety and drop a review to tell me what you think. Have a good night you all and thank you for reading.

You all are just amazing, -Deviljho's Hatred.